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Low-mass main-sequence star

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A low-mass star maintained by sustained hydrogen burning, rather than the continuing cooling of a brown dwarf. Near the hydrogen-burning minimum mass its radius is of order a Jovian radius. Stars below roughly 0.35M⊙​ are approximately fully convective, with a radiative photosphere; mass, composition and age affect the precise transition.

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